[quote]Dr. Stig wrote:
Here is my Boxer, Dex, he is 4. He still is hyperactive, he’s not tough at all though, he seems scary but cats batter him.[/quote]
he has the “perfect” coloring for a boxer. very handsome boy indeed.
[quote]bushidobadboy wrote:
I just love dogs, full stop. Well, as long as they’re not those little yappy shits… Our staffie is cool as fu*k, with a biiig personality. The funniest thing is when he starts to twitch and ‘woofle’ in his sleep :)[/quote]
haha, yeah, joker snores so loud it can shake walls, and if i change his diet, he will have gas so bad that the stink will wake you up form a deep sleep! ferocious i tell you!
[quote]heavythrower wrote:
that story is crazy! that was a fucked up thing to do whoever did it. still, i am not surprised that she took down a roo, they were used to hunt boars in Europe i believe.
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Yeah, I rang the cops but they thought it was funny more than anything. Because we live in the middle of a 70,000 person city it struck them as somewhat hilarious.
The worst bit was that no animal organisation would come and pick it up because it was on private property. The RSPCA didn’t want to hear about it. “If it’s not on the road, it’s not our problem.” was their response.
My comeback of “Well that can be organised.” got them around to the house in no time.
Has anyone noticed how much boxers fart too! Driving with them in the car is a don’t do.
[quote]heavythrower wrote:
samky wrote:
I used to raise Boxers. My male died on October 16th, 2000. After 8 weeks I decided I wanted another Boxer. They are so great with kids. I drove about 100 miles and bought a male, born 3 day prior to the loss of my dog. When I went through the paper work I discovered I had bought the grandson(?) of my male and female. Same blood line.
that is a good looking dog. BIG for a boxer too it seems, bout how much does he weigh?
BTW, dog threads rule.
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Thanks.
He is about 80 pounds.
Funny how much they have child like qualities. My parents bought a Boxer when I was in about the 6th grade (another life time ago) and we called it mom’s other son. He loved to take a ball and have the neighborhood kids chase him and try to take it away. If you did he would chase you down and with his 95 pounds of muscle, jump and use his front feet to catch you in the shoulders, knock you to the ground and take the ball away. They love tug of war, would drag us around the house by our shirt sleeve, let us wallow and wrestle them, drink beer from a can if you let them, snore and fart like a drunk. Very loyal dogs. Lots of stories around our house about this breed.
[quote]Sxio wrote:
Unfortunately, they are prone to cancers later in life. Kali’s already had one that would’ve killed her if we hadn’t picked it up straight away and had it removed.
They are a fantastic companion dog. [/quote]
I am really considering a boxer and was wondering where you heard this or if others have heard this (That Boxers are prone to cancer) I am not saying you are wrong in anyway. I had to put down my malamute/huskie/shepard mix in december b/c he had lung cancer. This was absolutly the most heart breaking thing I have gone through b/c we were inserperable. Now I am ready to get a new dog, and was really considering a Boxer but I dont know if i could do that again. now I know that all dogs can get sick but I dont know if i would get a breed that might be more prone to it.
[quote]chrismcl wrote:
TC,
I remember hearing about some jurisdiction around Denver, CO about pitbulls being illegal to keep as pets. I’m assuming you’re down in C-Springs - does this ordinance extend all the way down there too?
I know if I had a pit- and they suddenly “outlawed” them, fuck that, I wouldn’t get rid of my dog.[/quote]
From one of TC’s articles, he doesn’t live in the Springs, but very close to me, which is a suburb to Denver. But yes, Denver has a city-wide ban on Pit Bulls and I believe other breeds. This has led to people moving, or sending their dogs to friends’ houses in other cities, which has led debate for those cities to enforce a ban on the breed.
As of now Aurora has passed a bill that no more Pit Bulls are allowed in the city limits, and if you already own a Pit Bull you need to register it with the city and I believe get some sort of insurance.
Other city’s that are debating the same topic is Lakewood, which would/could impact me, not because I have a Pit Bull, but I have an American Bulldog, which is a breed also in question.
As far as my Bully, she is the greatest dog I have ever had, don?t let my Shiba Inu read this. Most loving and has a great personality. I did not clip her tail nor ears, because as previous mentioned, these practices where initially used for fighting purposes. Not saying every owner who clips the ears or tail is going to use their dog in fighting, but that is where the practice it started from, but now people do it for aesthetic reasons. However, it might have been a good idea to clip her tail, because she uses that thing as a whip and starts knocking things over when she gets happy or excited.
Having a bully breed has been quite challenging. My fianc? had rescued her when she was a pup. I tried to say no, but it was love at first sight. The trouble is I was still in school at the fulltime and working fulltime; therefore, I was unable to really socialize her. I would take her for walks at night, and at first she was fine with other dogs, but that summer we went on a vacation and had my in-laws puppy site. During that time, they had 5 dogs on their property and I guess the other dogs would fight with our Bully and every since then, when other dogs/animals come around or pop up on TV, she goes nuts. I am still working with her on this, but some days are better than others. And it doesn?t help that our neighbor?s little runt antagonizes her from the back fence…
Anywho, anybody looking for a Bully breed, they are the greatest dogs in my opinion. Just make sure you have the time to properly train them and socialize.
Love at first site:
http://digitalsynthesis.net/images/DSC01495.JPG
My American Bulldog & Shiba Inu: http://digitalsynthesis.net/images/dags.jpg
On another note, some guy, who claimed he just moved from Texas, had 38 Pit Bulls removed from his Denver home story: 404 Not Found | 9news.com
[quote]bushidobadboy wrote:
…using a coconut- my dog loves 'em! We only discovered that last week, plus when he’s slobbered it to death, kick it against a wall and let him figure out that he can eat the insides…[/quote]
I tried that with my Bully, but she wasn’t too interested with it. But once I cracked it open, she did eat and drink the coconut…
I had to post to this topic, considering that we now have 2 (7.5 yrs old and a 6 month old) female boxers and I have always wanted a mastiff (wife will not allow it at this time). Boxers have to be the best family dog of any breed. They are very loyal and protective of the ones they love. My kids poke our older one in the eyes, pull on the ears and even take food away without her ever doing anything (cannot say the same about the puppy).
One interesting note about wrestling with a boxer - They will actually fold their jowls around their teeth so they don’t hurt you. I have noticed they do not do this with other dogs.
Another cool thing that we trained our older dog to do was to ring a desk bell with her paw when she wanted to go outside. She never had to bark or sit at the door. She learned in about three days (this isn’t going well with the new puppy, she still is not doing it after two weeks).
just wanted to add in my two cents…
I have owned 3 boxers in my life. The first two I had to give up do to living arrangements. The last one we had to put to sleep a few months ago. She had what was believed to be a cancerous growth in her brain, due to the fact that we had a lump removed a year prior from her hip. She was the most wonderful friend, I highly recommend boxers.
All that I have had the pleasure of knowing have had a strong protection drive. They do have a strong tendency toward cancer, my mother grew up owning boxers, as her uncle bred them, and all she owned had issues with the disease. It usually is however, a localized cancer, and the personality that these dogs have far out-weighs the risk.
I do however disagree with the strong prey drive, none of the boxers I have owned have had that problem. In fact the last two have shared our house with kittens, a doxie puppy, and lizards and actually adopted them as their own (one was female who had had litters for her previous owners, the other was a male who was only a year or so old.)
anyway, yes boxers are wonderfulfor anyone looking for a truely special companion, not just a dog!
[quote]mjagiels wrote:
I had to post to this topic, considering that we now have 2 (7.5 yrs old and a 6 month old) female boxers and I have always wanted a mastiff (wife will not allow it at this time). Boxers have to be the best family dog of any breed. They are very loyal and protective of the ones they love. My kids poke our older one in the eyes, pull on the ears and even take food away without her ever doing anything (cannot say the same about the puppy).
One interesting note about wrestling with a boxer - They will actually fold their jowls around their teeth so they don’t hurt you. I have noticed they do not do this with other dogs.
Another cool thing that we trained our older dog to do was to ring a desk bell with her paw when she wanted to go outside. She never had to bark or sit at the door. She learned in about three days (this isn’t going well with the new puppy, she still is not doing it after two weeks).
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Try attaching a pic of our older girl, Rajah:
And now a picture of our puppy, Jasmine, at 2 months:
[quote]mjagiels wrote:
I had to post to this topic, considering that we now have 2 (7.5 yrs old and a 6 month old) female boxers and I have always wanted a mastiff (wife will not allow it at this time). Boxers have to be the best family dog of any breed. They are very loyal and protective of the ones they love. My kids poke our older one in the eyes, pull on the ears and even take food away without her ever doing anything (cannot say the same about the puppy).
One interesting note about wrestling with a boxer - They will actually fold their jowls around their teeth so they don’t hurt you. I have noticed they do not do this with other dogs.
Another cool thing that we trained our older dog to do was to ring a desk bell with her paw when she wanted to go outside. She never had to bark or sit at the door. She learned in about three days (this isn’t going well with the new puppy, she still is not doing it after two weeks).
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Wow… that’s a beautiful dog. Is he natural or ‘assisted’, j/k. I have been using K9 power PeakPreformance 2 with my dog and seen great improvements in his health (and bench ;).
Check it out… http://www.k9power.com/
[quote]G.O.A.T wrote:
heavythrower wrote:
negatives:
strong prey drive, cant be off leash in “mixed” company, as they will chase down and kill cats and other small furry things(small dogs are safe though)
I’ve had boxers for 10 years now and they kick arse.
However, they will kill even bigger things if they feel threatened. Some fuckwit thought it would be funny to catch a kangaroo and throw it over a random fence. My house just happened to be on the other side of that random fence.
I was away at the time and I came home to find my dog limping, cut and very sore standing sheepishly over a dead 5 foot kangaroo.
I couldn’t believe that she was able to kill a roo coz they are tough animals and my boxer is a runt.
So they can kill other furry things. They don’t have to be small. Luckily the taste for blood never eventuated as the ass whipping she received probably negated any satisfaction she received from the kill.
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Awesome.
[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
G.O.A.T wrote:
heavythrower wrote:
negatives:
strong prey drive, cant be off leash in “mixed” company, as they will chase down and kill cats and other small furry things(small dogs are safe though)
I’ve had boxers for 10 years now and they kick arse.
However, they will kill even bigger things if they feel threatened. Some fuckwit thought it would be funny to catch a kangaroo and throw it over a random fence. My house just happened to be on the other side of that random fence.
I was away at the time and I came home to find my dog limping, cut and very sore standing sheepishly over a dead 5 foot kangaroo.
I couldn’t believe that she was able to kill a roo coz they are tough animals and my boxer is a runt.
So they can kill other furry things. They don’t have to be small. Luckily the taste for blood never eventuated as the ass whipping she received probably negated any satisfaction she received from the kill.
Awesome.[/quote]
LOL at coming home to find kangaroos in the backyard.
First family Boxer - Raleigh
Brandy.
Fletcher’s Ace
One of many litters